There is a lot of talk in technology circles about 'the Cloud' these days. Wondering what it means for you and your business systems? While this new era of cloud computing can bring benefits to your organization these need to be weighed against the risks.
Learn from experts what is really happening today and what you should be considering for the future.
2. To share knowledge and information with our
clients and prospects
To showcase various topics, with the help of
subject matter experts
Provide a form for networking and new
perspectives to the CFO community
3. Introductions
Confusing Cloud Perspectives
Cloud Information
TGO’s experience moving to the cloud
New business opportunities enabled moving
Questions
Ted Rajanayagam Blair Hicken
Pathway Communications TGO Consulting
CTO CIO
4. Established in 1988
We are a business consulting company
specializing in solutions for the office of the
CFO
Our Vision: Build long term relationships by
providing value and earning trust
5. Single, trusted source
Cloud
Managed connectivity
Value-added services
Multiple Canadian Data Centres
Canadian jurisdiction
Security focus
www.pathcom.com
6. IT as a service
Cloud allows access to services without user technical knowledge or control
What is the
of supporting infrastructure
yrs ago Cloud?
Best described in terms of what happened to mechanical power over 100
Now computers are simple devices connected to the larger cloud
Data processing, storage and software applications that used to run locally
are now being supplied by big central computing stations. They're
becoming, in essence, computing utilities.
9. IT as a service
Cloud allows access to services without user technical knowledge or control
The Cloud
of supporting infrastructure
Best described in terms of what happened to mechanical power over 100
yrs ago
Now computers are simple devices connected to the larger cloud
Data processing, storage and software applications that used to run locally
are now being supplied by big central computing stations. They're
becoming, in essence, computing utilities.
11. What is cloud computing?
What are the benefits?
When should we consider it?
What are the risks?
What does it cost?
12. History explaining the evolution and differences in
clouds
Hosted (rented or leased) use of computing
resources
Accessed over the Internet
Several “flavours”:
Software, platform or infrastructure
Public, private, hybrid
13. Analogous to hosting, but with added features and
benefits
Includes:
Virtualization: one physical machine – many servers
Cloud “orchestration” software
Rapid provisioning: start, stop, clone, tear down
Automated processes: backup, high availability, templates
Metering and billing
Monitoring and reporting
High speed access to network (usually Internet)
Access from any device, any location
14.
15. On demand self service
Resource provisioning without service provider intervention
Rapid elasticity
Rapid and elastic resource provisioning; scalable usage
Resource pooling
Common resources for multiple tenants; dynamic resources
allocation
Broad network access
Internet based; desktops, smart phones, laptops
Location independent
In-house or external
Usage measurement
Metering of usage; automatic control and optimization of
resources
16. Immediate, measurable, benefits:
Productivity, equipment capacity utilization, operating costs
Usable across various industries and sizes
Easy, low risk availability
Free, low cost retail services
Storage (e.g. Dropbox), desktop applications (Google)
Long term precedence in industry with Salesforce.com
Rapid developments in technology: virtualization,
orchestration
Open source driven
Adoption by Microsoft, Google, Apple, Oracle
17. Practically every industry
Governments
Fortune 500
Small to mid-size organizations
18. Software as a Service (SaaS)
Applications on demand
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Platform for building software applications (O/S, tools)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Processing, storage, network capacity, other resources
19. Public cloud
Available to general public over Internet
Private cloud
Restricted to enterprises and private users
Hybrid cloud
Blend of public and private clouds
20. Productivity: equipment utilization
Reduced capital, operating costs
Equipment, employment
Convenience: access anytime/anywhere
Reduced time and effort: automation
Flexibility, scalability:
Deploy on demand
Rapid provisioning
Predictable costs: metering, reports
Business continuity: built in redundancy
Transparency: measurement, monitoring,
metering, reporting
21. Virtually any application or service which works
off internal networks
Examples: CRM, ERP, Email, Accounting, Web commerce
Not suitable where:
Data must be located in-house, such as print and file servers
High bandwidth requirements where speed is not available
Legal requirements to locate data within Province/City
22. Time to refresh equipment/software
Capital cost containment necessary
Service demand fluctuates
Current facilities inadequate for uptime
Business continuity vital
Central application - distributed users
23. Security
Migration
Support quality
Location of data (outside Canada?)
24. IT can focus on adding high value to the
organization in a more efficient manner
Still need internal infrastructure
25. Less expensive long term
Capital, operations (licensing, labour, space)
Public cloud pricing models are complex: per
minute/hour per asset used
Predictable pricing needed
By the month
Usage metering for estimation of required capacity
26. Do I need a public or private cloud?
What are the benefits? Are they measurable?
Is the provider capable, reliable?
Can the provider offer a private cloud service?
What security does the private cloud infrastructure offer?
Can the cloud be customized to our requirements?
Do we have fast, redundant access and connectivity?
Is migration and service and support available?
Does the contract include SLAs with penalties?
Is the pricing simple and predictable?
What reports, checks and balances are available?
Is the timing correct?
Can we “start small and grow”?
27. Private cloud with security
Fast, redundant connectivity
Capable, reliable provider
Service and support essential
Reports
28. Single, trusted source
Cloud
Managed connectivity
Value-added services
Multiple Data Centres
Canadian jurisdiction
Security focus
29. Is it the right time
What are our the business objectives
What solutions are the priority
Concerns
Instant Scalability
Security and no disruptions